Brett Taylor

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  Stanford University

• Full Name

  Bret Steven Taylor

• Birth Year

  1980

• Nationality

  American

Timeline

• Completed undergraduate studies at Stanford University. (Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor)

  2002-06-01

• Completed graduate studies at Stanford University. (Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor)

  2003-06-01

• Left Google to join Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence and co-founded FriendFeed. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2007-06-01

• FriendFeed was acquired by Facebook for an estimated $50 million. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2009-08-01

• Appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Facebook. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2010-01-01

• Became Chief Product Officer at Salesforce. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2017-01-01

• Promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Salesforce. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2019-01-01

• Named Vice Chair and Co-CEO of Salesforce. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2021-11-01

• Stepped down from his roles as Co-CEO and Vice Chair of Salesforce. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2023-01-31

• Co-founded the enterprise AI startup Sierra alongside Clay Bavor. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor)

  2023-02-01

• Officially launched Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses. (Source: https://sierra.ai/author/bret-taylor)

  2024-02-01

Killing of Breonna Taylor

Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American medical worker, was killed on March 13, 2020, after police officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) forcibly entered her home. Mistaking the police for intruders, Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot, striking officer Jonathan Mattingly. Mattingly and two other LMPD officers—Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove—opened fire. It was determined that Cosgrove fired the fatal shot to Taylor and that none of Hankison's shots hit anyone. Taylor's family was awarded $12 million in compensation and was given a promise the LMPD would reform its practices. The killing of Taylor by police officers, and the initial lack of charges against the LMPD officers involved, sparked numerous protests with supporters adopting the motto #SayHerName. These protests against police brutality and racism were concurrent with the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement across the United States. The civil unrest was exacerbated when the grand jury chose not to indict Mattingly or Cosgrove—the officers who shot Taylor. Prosecutors said their use of force was justified as Walker fired first. Some jurors accused Attorney General Daniel Cameron of covering up what happened. On August 23, 2022, Officer Kelly Goodlett, who was not present during the raid, pled guilty to charges related to obtaining the warrant used. As of July 2025, her sentencing had been set for February 4, 2026. On November 1, 2024, a federal jury found Brett Hankison guilty of depriving Taylor of her civil rights for using excessive force. On July 21, 2025, he was sentenced to 2+3⁄4 years in prison, as well as three years of supervised release.

Web Search Results

• Bret Taylor - Wikipedia

  Bret Steven Taylor (born 1980) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He led the team that co-created Google Maps, was the chief technology officer (CTO) of Facebook (now Meta Platforms), chairman of Twitter, Inc.'s board of directors prior to its acquisition by Elon Musk, and co-CEO of Salesforce (alongside cofounder Marc Benioff). Taylor was also one of the founders of FriendFeed and the creator of collaborative productivity software Quip "Quip (software)"). Taylor is the cofounder of AI startup Sierra, the chairman of OpenAI, and a board member of Shopify. ## Early life and education [...] In 2017, Taylor became chief product officer at Salesforce. He was named president and chief operating officer two years later. As COO, Taylor led Salesforce's acquisition of Slack Technologies, which closed in 2021. He also led the creation of a system dubbed Customer 360 at Salesforce and started an associate product manager program at the company. In November 2021, Taylor was named vice chair and co-CEO at Salesforce. On November 30, 2022, it was announced that Taylor would be stepping down as co-CEO and vice chair at Salesforce at the end of January 2023. In February 2023, he co-founded an enterprise-focused artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Sierra, along with former Google executive Clay Bavor. [...] Taylor left Google in June 2007 to join venture capital firm Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence, where he and several former Google employees founded the social network web site FriendFeed. Taylor was CEO until August 2009, when it was acquired by Facebook Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms) for an estimated $50 million. The acquisition led to Facebook adopting the "Like" button from FriendFeed. After the acquisition, Taylor joined Facebook and became CTO in 2010.

• Brett Taylor - Sports Director for KEZI 9 News - KEZI-TV

  # Brett Taylor Sports Director for KEZI 9 News Springfield, Oregon, United States, US 428 connections, 486 followers ## About I am a full-time Sports Anchor/Reporter at KEZI 9 News in Eugene, Oregon covering both… ## Experience ### Sports Director KEZI-TV Apr 2025 - Present Eugene, Oregon, United States ### Sports Anchor/Reporter KEZI-TV Jun 2023 - Jun 2025 Eugene, Oregon, United States ### Weekend News Anchor/Reporter KDRV-TV | KDKF-TV Jul 2020 - Jun 2023 Medford, Oregon, United States [...] ### Duck TV Sports Reporter Duck TV Sep 2017 - Jun 2020 Eugene, Oregon Area -Covered University of Oregon games, both home & away.-Created detailed and unique stories surrounding University of Oregon athletes that went beyond the world of sports.-Produced & anchor a once a week broadcasted show-Covered both the 2019 PAC-12 Championship for football & 2020 PAC-12 Women's Basketball Tournament-Worked 40+ hours a week, with a full-time school work [...] ## Education ### University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication N/A 2017-09 - 2020-06 None ## Publications N/A ## Honors & Awards N/A ## Certifications N/A ## Volunteering N/A ## Languages N/A ## Organizations N/A ## Activity - WATCH 📺 : "It sucks to fall short. We're going to be motivated." In the Panthers' first home playoff game in a decade, Carolina nearly shocked the… Liked by Brett Taylor View Post Activity Image - After 10½ years with TEGNA, it’s time to close a chapter that has truly shaped me... not just as a journalist, but as a person. From KING 5 Media… Liked by Brett Taylor View Post Activity Image

• Bret Taylor - Sierra AI

  Headshot of Bret Taylor # Bret Taylor Bret is Co-Founder of Sierra. Most recently, he served as Co-CEO of Salesforce. Prior to Salesforce, Bret founded Quip and was CTO of Facebook. He started his career at Google, where he co-created Google Maps. Bret serves on the board of OpenAI. ## Discover what Sierra can do for you Find out how Sierra can help your business build better, more human customer experiences with AI. Learn more ## Posts by Bret Taylor ### Sierra acquires Fragment in France We are excited to announce the acquisition of Paris-based Fragment, which helps businesses scale their operations using AI, freeing up employees to focus on higher value work. ### Eric Eyken-Sluyters joins Sierra as President of Field Operations [...] ### Year two in review Sierra is heading into year three with over $150M in ARR, powered by rapid adoption from some of the world’s largest companies. The growth reflects a simple idea: when AI is built around real jobs to be done (not experiments), even the biggest enterprises can see meaningful impact fast. ### Sierra and Stellarus: Advancing a new model for AI-powered healthcare member experience Sierra is partnering with Stellarus to help health plans like Blue Shield of California deploy AI agents. ### Sierra hits $100M ARR milestone in 7 quarters Sierra just hit $100M in ARR — seven quarters after we launched in February 2024. That’s a heck of a lot quicker than we expected, and makes Sierra one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history. [...] ### The Agent Development Life Cycle An autonomous AI agent is a new type of software that requires a new approach to development. Sierra has developed a novel, integrated approach to developing agents, from development to testing and release management. We call this the Agent Development Life Cycle. ### The Guide to AI Agents AI agents are autonomous software systems that can reason, make decisions, and pursue goals with creativity and flexibility. They’ll soon be everywhere, helping consumers, employees, and businesses alike. ### Meet Sierra, the conversational AI platform for businesses

• Bret Taylor - OpenAI - LinkedIn

  # Bret Taylor OpenAI San Francisco, California, United States, US 500 connections, 135034 followers ## About ## Experience ### OpenAI OpenAI N/A - Present N/A ### N/A - Present N/A ### N/A - Present N/A ### N/A - Present N/A ### N/A - Present N/A ## Education ### Stanford N/A 2002-09 - 2003-06 None ### N/A N/A 1998-09 - 2002-06 None ## Publications N/A ## Honors & Awards N/A ## Certifications N/A ## Volunteering N/A ## Languages N/A ## Organizations N/A ## Activity - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Arnie Katz None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post [...] - Arnie Katz None View Post ## People Also Viewed - Dave Grow (Lucid) - - Sara Clemens (Duolingo) - - Michael Jones (Science) - - Marcus Higgins (Landing) - - Sanjay Poonen (Cohesity) - - Blake Lawson (Randstad USA) - - Zig Serafin (Qualtrics) - - David Pakman (CoinFund) - - Reyhan Çepik (Creamind.me) - - Tarkan Maner (Nutanix) - - David Friedberg (Ohalo Genetics) - - Erica Brescia (Vega) - - Rui Botelho (SAP) - - Christophe Louvion (Neilson Financial Services) - - Jonathan Epstein (Greenbox Platform Technologies, Inc.) - - Heini Zachariassen (Vota) - - Chris Farinacci (Conveyor) - - Amit Agrawal (Cyber Infrastructure (CIS)) - - Henrik Werdelin (BARK) - [...] - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Bret Taylor None View Post - Mat Ankers None View Post - Sierra None View Post - Marcie Laderman None View Post - Michael Gannon None View Post - Arnie Katz None View Post

• Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) / Posts / X

  On the eve of Opening Day, and at the start of a 10-year anniversary tour, I wrote something personal. The Thing You Are: bleachernation.com/cubs/2026/03/2…

• Gender

  male

• Instance Of

  Q5